5 dead, 19 injured in SW China coach accident
(Xinhua) Updated: 2013-01-13 16:48GUIYANG - Five people died and 19 others were injured after a coach rolled over Sunday morning in Southwest China's Guizhou province, local rescuers said.
A coach collided with a guardrail and rolled over around 5 am Sunday on an expressway in Xifeng county, rescuers said.
Five people died at the scene. The injured have been taken to local hospitals, where four of them are in critical condition.
Sixty people were onboard when the accident happened.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
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